AQA (AI Question Answer)

Why AQA?

Standard FAQ markup (Schema.org FAQPage) tells search engines a page has Q&A. But it says nothing about when answers were last verified, where information comes from, or whether content is actively maintained. Without these signals, AI systems treat your FAQs as generic content.

1 AQA Basic — 5 min

The minimum to make your FAQs AI-visible. Add to your existing JSON-LD:

• dateCreated + dateModified on each question
• At least one citation per answer
• author + inLanguage at document level

JSON-LD Example

{
  "@context": [
    "https://schema.org",
    "https://aqa-spec.org/ns/context.jsonld"
  ],
  "@type": "Article",
  "headline": "FAQ — Mon Entreprise",
  "author": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "Mon Entreprise"
  },
  "datePublished": "2024-01-15",
  "dateModified": "2026-04-01",
  "inLanguage": "fr",
  "conformanceLevel": "basic",
  "mainEntity": {
    "@type": "FAQPage",
    "mainEntity": [{
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "Quels sont vos horaires ?",
      "dateCreated": "2024-01-15",
      "dateModified": "2026-03-20",
      "citation": "https://mon-entreprise.fr/contact",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Du lundi au vendredi, 9h-18h."
      }
    }]
  }
}

2 AQA Standard — 15 min

For teams actively maintaining their FAQs. Add to AQA Basic:

• updateFrequency — weekly / monthly / quarterly / yearly
• changelog — modification history per question
• questionVersion — 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 (semantic versioning)
• about — sector classification (NACE codes)

3 AQA Full — 30 min

For enterprises requiring full traceability:

• monitoringSources — 2+ external monitored sources
• Per-question author with verifiable credentials
• changeSourceUrl on each changelog entry

AQA Shield

Available at any level. Combines legal declaration with cryptographic verification:

• aiUsagePolicy — declares permitted AI uses (RAG citation, training, summarization)
• contentSignature — SHA-256 hash proving content integrity

Verify with AI Labs Audit

AI Labs Audit automatically detects your AQA implementation:

• AEO Section — AQA card with detected level (Basic/Standard/Full)
• Validation — errors and warnings if implementation is incomplete
• Roadmap — steps to reach the next level
• AEO Score — AQA counts for 10% of the AEO Readiness score